Libertarianism and the Poor

Two different friends in two different contexts recently asked me about Libertarian approaches to helping the poor.  Here’s what I had to say on that question in my  2012 collection of campaign essays, “Less We Can.” Libertarianism and the Poor We...

Who benefits from minimum wage legislation?

The primary case against minimum wage legislation is well known, even if many choose to ignore it:  raising wages for unskilled workers discourages employers from hiring and therefore tends to destroy jobs. But here’s an interesting observation from the folks at...